NIAGARA CEMETERY
Iwuy
Nord
France
General Directions: Iwuy is a village approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Cambrai and Niagara Cemetery is 1 kilometre south-east of the village.
Iwuy was occupied by British troops in the middle of October 1918, and Niagara Cemetery was made at this time.
Victoria Cross: Lieutenant Wallace Lloyd Algie, VC, 20th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), killed in action 11/10/1918, row C. 7.
Casualty Details: UK 30, Canada 172, Total Burials: 202
Private 886397 Peter L. Drake
28th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
10/10/1918
Son of Peter Montrose and Elizabeth Ann Cowell Drake of Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
Row. E. 8.
Enlisted 18/02/1916
Photos supplied by his Great Cousin Martha Cowell-Calloway of North Carolina, USA. Follow link for their family website.
http://mysite.verizon.net/kingrex/thecharlesandrewcowellfamily/
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